Introduction
Dafne María Keen Fernández (born 4 January 2005) is a British-Spanish actress. She played the role of Ana "Ani" Cruz Oliver in the television series The Refugees, and the mutant Laura Kinney / X-23 in the 2017 film Logan. As of 2019 she plays Lyra Belacqua/Silvertongue in the BBC/HBO television series His Dark Materials.
Life and career
Keen was born in Madrid. She is the daughter of British actor Will Keen, and Galician actress, theatre director and writer María Fernández Ache. A paternal great-grandfather was Edward Curzon, 6th Earl Howe; her aunts are poet Alice Oswald and writer Laura Beatty.
Keen made her acting debut in 2014 alongside her father in the television series The Refugees, where she played Ana "Ani" Cruz Oliver.
Keen starred in the 2017 film Logan as Laura, the child clone of Wolverine. From 2019 she plays Lyra Belacqua, the heroine of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, in the television adaptation.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Logan | Laura | |
| 2019 | Ana | Ana |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | The Refugees | Ana "Ani" Cruz Oliver | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | Lyra Belacqua / Silvertongue | Main role, 8 episodes |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Logan | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Duo (with Hugh Jackman) | Won | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Most Promising Performer | Nominated | |||
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Youth Performance | Nominated | |||
| Seattle Film Critics Society | Best Youth Performance | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Houston Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Young Performer | Nominated | |||
| London Film Critics Circle | Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Empire Awards | Best Female Newcomer | Won | |||
| Saturn Awards | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Nominated |